Chen Shuncai looked up and down at the imperial doctor named Meng Qiuhua.
This man looked very serious, but he claimed to be sent by the Queen, so Chen Shuncai would not go to Kunning Palace to verify this matter with the Queen.
Especially during this special period, the Queen and Chen Shuncai had just had a conflict.
After checking the dental plaque and confirming that it was the imperial physician, Chen Shuncai allowed Meng Qiuhua to enter the palace. However, during the pulse diagnosis process, Chen Shuncai had to accompany him throughout the process. This cannot be ambiguous.
Meng Qiuhua took the emperor's pulse in a polite manner and took half a cup of tea, but saw beads of sweat pouring down his face.
Chen Shuncai asked with concern: "Is there something wrong with Your Majesty's pulse?"
Meng Qiuhua wiped his sweat and said, "I'll wait for you to do the diagnosis again..."
"Hey Hey!"
Emperor Zhaoxing suddenly laughed a few times, so frightened that Meng Qiuhua almost fell to the ground: "What, what is going on?"
Chen Shuncai scolded: "What a fuss, you are an imperial doctor, but you have never seen Mengxiao? Just check your pulse!"
Are you just talking in your sleep?
It's true that you're talking in your sleep.
Emperor Zhaoxing's coma this time was very different from his last coma.
First of all, Emperor Zhaoxing's overall condition is very good, which is essentially different from the last time he was near death.
Secondly, Emperor Zhaoxing would stay awake for one or two hours every day. During this period, Emperor Zhaoxing could eat, drink, and handle some government affairs. The decree he made while he was awake was to confer Qu Qiao as a talented person.
In addition, Emperor Zhaoxing always talked in his sleep after falling asleep, laughed most of the time, and seemed to be in a very good mood.
Therefore, the situation this time was not that urgent, and Chen Shuncai even felt that this was a normal reaction during the promotion stage.
Meng Qiuhua checked the emperor's pulse for nearly half an hour. Chen Shuncai was very dissatisfied. He had never seen someone taking such a long time to check the pulse.
But looking at the beads of sweat on Meng Qiuhua's face, it seemed that he had discovered some illness. Chen Shuncai didn't want to disturb him, and waited anxiously aside.
Is it over yet?
If you hadn't insisted on checking my pulse at this time, I would have gone back to rest.
After a hard day, my back hurts and I have to find someone to rub it.
After working in the palace for many years, Chen Shuncai rarely felt tired, but recently his body has become pampered. He is a little tired and feels sore all over.
I think because I am getting older, I can no longer do this job of serving people.
But if you can’t do this job, what can you do?
Isn’t it your fate to be a chamberlain for the rest of your life?
Chen Shuncai was in a daze, but he saw Meng Qiuhua stand up and say: "Chen Bingbi, I have checked the pulse in my humble position."
"Well..." Chen Shun came back to his senses and asked casually, "How is the pulse of the Lord?"
Meng Qiuhua replied: "Your Majesty's pulse is stable and he has no symptoms. He must be overworked, tired and lethargic."
Chen Shuncai sneered and made no comment.
The imperial doctors who came to diagnose his pulse every day all said the same thing, saying that the emperor was not ill, but just tired and lethargic.
This guy was recommended by the Queen, so he naturally wanted to get a chance to stand out, but after half an hour of diagnosis, he still got the same result?
The Queen took a fancy to this man and thought he had some special skills, but in the end that was all he had.
But this is reasonable, considering the Queen’s background, she only has this little vision!
Chen Shuncai handed the medicine box to Meng Qiuhua and said politely: "Mr. Meng has worked hard, go back and rest early."
Meng Qiuhua also specially added: "I thought that the Holy One would wake up after sleeping for another day or two."
Chen Shuncai said impatiently: "I know, I know, Dr. Meng is working hard, go quickly!"
Nine of the ten imperial doctors said that the emperor would wake up in a day or two.
It doesn't take a day or two for the emperor to wake up every day.
I can't see any symptoms, so I'm just talking nonsense.
You want to take credit for just this nonsense? Where do you think this is? You think too highly of yourself!
After seeing off Meng Qiuhua, Chen Shuncai said a few words to Shi Chuan, the eunuch in charge, and then returned to the courtyard and entered the first room in the east chamber.
Qu Qiao rushed over, helped Chen Shuncai take off his shirt, fetched water and helped Chen Shuncai wash his face and hands.
There were some wine and food on the table. Qu Qiao had been waiting for a long time and the food was a little cold. Qu Qiao was about to go to the kitchen to heat it up, but was stopped by Chen Shuncai: "If it's cold, eat it cold. It's okay. You can cook some for me."
Here comes the wine."
Chen Shuncai liked Qu Qiao's cooking skills very much. Regardless of meat or vegetarian dishes, they all suited Chen Shuncai's taste.
Especially that pot of orchid wine, which was mixed bit by bit with dried orchids and mountain spring water. The fragrance and the intensity were all in Chen Shuncai's heart. After drinking Qu Qiao's orchid wine, other wines were really hard to swallow.
After dinner, Qu Qiao helped Chen Shuncai undress, take a bath, and then massaged Chen Shuncai. With his fingertips, the fatigue of the day disappeared.
Chen Shuncai gently hugged Qu Qiao, and slowly fell asleep with a warm embrace.
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In the secret garden, the imperial physician Meng Qiuhua took off his official robe and handed it over to another imperial physician.
Another imperial physician was also named Meng Qiuhua, but the difference from the previous one was that his real name was Meng Qiuhua.
The previous Meng Qiuhua was disguised as Tong Qingqiu.
The real Meng Qiuhua is the spy planted by Taibu in the palace.
Meng Qiuhua took away his official robe and handed Tong Qingqiu a set of armor: "Senior Brother Tong, why are you sweating so much?"
"Sweating?" Tong Qingqiu did sweat a lot, but he didn't feel hot at all and was shivering from time to time.
The purpose of Tong Qingqiu coming to the palace is to paint dreams, to paint the emperor's dreams.
He has the ability to sense the pulse of dreams. Because of this talent, he is nicknamed Dream Painter.
When I was making a living in the market, this method of dream painting was always used in divination when visiting patients.
When she arrived at the patient's home, Tong Qingqiu first gave the patient some sleeping decoction and let the patient fall asleep. Then she fell into a dream, asked about some details of life in the dream, and then painted the dream scenes in the painting and explained them one by one to the scroll.
, the sentences he spoke were accurate.
"Is your father's surname Hu? His name is Hu Zhiguang, right? He has two sons and three daughters. He fell down three days ago and fell asleep..."
His paintings are scrawled and confusing, and no one can understand them at all.
But everyone understood what he said. This was their family's business, and he spoke it word for word. After hearing what he said, the family naturally felt that the child prodigy doctor was a god descended to earth.
I didn't expect that this market trick would be of such great use today.
But Tong Qingqiu never expected that the dream of Liang Daguan's family could scare him into this state.
Tong Qingqiu pretended to be a forbidden soldier, holding a tooth tag, and walked to the outer wall in a daze.
I was lucky tonight. I met the Imperial Guards who were patrolling along the way. They said hello casually and didn't ask any questions.
Meeting several more chamberlains, Tong Qingqiu followed the rules of the palace and ignored them. When he walked to the wall, he took out the twin cards and tapped them five times.
Han Chen had already been outside the wall to respond, activating the magic circle and taking Tong Qingqiu out of the wall.
"Is everything going well?"
Tong Qingqiu nodded and said: "It went smoothly."
"What dream did Liang Daguan's family have?"
Tong Qingqiu took two deep breaths and said: "I can't explain clearly, just wait until I draw it."
Han Chen smiled bitterly and said: "Who can understand your painting? Come with me to Li Qi Tea House, Taibu will be waiting for you there. This matter is important, so you must be more careful in your painting."
The two of them went directly from the magic circle to Li Qi Teahouse, where Taibu and Li Shabai were drinking tea in the elegant room.
Taibu picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and asked: "Painter Li, are you really not going to help me this time?"
Li Shabai picked up the tea mill and grinded it carefully, shook his head and said with a smile: "Taibu, if you ask Li to appreciate the paintings, Li will be very happy. If you talk about the affairs of the official family, Li feels that the time is not right. I can't help you."
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Taibu frowned slightly: "Ask Painter Li, why do you say the timing is wrong?"
Li Shabai mixed the tea paste and picked up the kettle to make tea. The tea bowl showed a scene of a large army fighting: "The prince is still fighting in the north. If something happens to Liang Daguan's family at this time, the prince will not be able to come back and succeed. Da Xuan
But I don’t know whose hands the country will fall into.
It is better to wait for the prince to return from the northern expedition and discuss this matter. Not only will he be a famous teacher, but he will also have no worries afterwards. Taibu, it is rare for you and me to get together, so let’s concentrate on appreciating paintings tonight!”
While they were talking, Tong Qingqiu and Han Chen had already arrived at the elegant room. Taibu nodded, called Tong Qingqiu, and said to Li Shabai: "Painter Li wants to appreciate the painting, but please allow my disciple to show his humility first."
Li Shabai had already prepared the painting with pen and ink. Tong Qingqiu picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote freely on the paper. Each stroke was done without thinking and was driven by spirituality.
I drew three pictures in the blink of an eye, and the lines in each picture were messy, and I couldn't even see the basic outline.
I originally thought that laymen wouldn't be able to see it, but even Li Shabai shook his head and didn't know why.
Han Chen was standing by and reminded in a low voice: "Junior brother, I said this is an urgent matter. You should put more thought into it and draw more carefully."
Tong Qingqiu said: "The painting is careful enough. Look here. This person is the official family of Liang. These people wearing official robes are all high officials. These are common people. These are what I saw in my dream."
Yes, it didn’t fall off at all.”
Han Chen looked at it for a long time, frowned and said: "You said there are so many people, but I can't see anyone!"
"Why is there no one? Look here!" Tong Qingqiu pointed at the pictures and kept explaining. Li Shabai listened for a moment and seemed to have some understanding. He stared at the three paintings and looked at them again and again. He picked up the pen and ink, mixed the paintings, and painted again.
Three pictures.
The scroll was completed in an instant, and Li Shabai showed it to Tong Qingqiu: "Tong Warlock, are you reading these three paintings correctly?"
Tong Qingqiu looked surprised and nodded repeatedly: "That's right, it's exactly the same as what I saw in my dream!"
Taibu stared at Li Shabai's three paintings and looked at them carefully. Li Shabai's paintings were different from Tong Qingqiu's. The people, objects, plants and trees in the paintings were all lifelike. After seeing the paintings, it felt like he was actually there.
The first painting: All the officials kneel in front of Emperor Zhaoxing, with their heads high and their heads lowered, as if they are kowtowing. Countless people are also kneeling on the ground in the distance. They are more respectful than the officials. They lie down with their whole bodies and their faces close to each other.
ground.
The second painting: Countless people kneeling in front of Emperor Zhaoxing. They are all young and strong men. Their postures are the same as in the first painting. Their faces are still close to the ground. The ground is bright red and full of bloodstains. Emperor Zhaoxing
His body is taller than in the first painting, and there are clouds and mist surrounding him.
In the third painting, Emperor Zhaoxing is flying in mid-air, looking down at the trees on the ground. This painting is very large, and the city wall can be vaguely seen on the edge of the scroll. There are trees within the city wall.
There is no one in the house, only trees. The roof is broken and trees grow. There are trees above the market, and there are also trees beside the bridge and the river!
Emperor Zhaoxing was flying in the air with a smile on his face.
"And, and more!" Tong Qingqiu's memory was aroused by the picture scroll in front of her, so she picked up the pen and drew another one.
In the eyes of Taibu and Han Chen, this painting is no different from the first three. They all look like random graffiti.
But Li Shabai sweated after seeing this painting.
He picked up the brush and drew another picture of Tong Qingqiu's painting.
This painting seems to be looking down from the sky, with trees everywhere you can see.
There are trees in the mountains and fields, trees in the farmland, trees on the roads, and trees on the city gates!
Li Shabai wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked Tong Qingqiu: "Did I draw it correctly?"
Tong Qingqiu nodded repeatedly and said: "The painting is right, that's it. I heard Liang Daguan's family laughing non-stop at that time."
Taibu sighed: "I carefully planned it and let Qingqiu take risks, just to paint this old thief's dream.
I know he has a vicious mind, but I never thought he would reach such a situation. Painter Li, do you still think the timing is wrong?"
"What can happen if it's right or not?" Li Shabai's writing brush fell to the ground, "The common people will perish in the hands of this thief, and the law of heaven will perish in the hands of this thief!"